Niklas Backstrom stopped all 24 shots put his way to give Finland the 5-0 victory over Germany, giving them their second victory of the tournament.
Kimmo Timonen scored two goals in the affair that saw Teemu Selanne become the all-time leader in Olympic points with his only assist of the game. Niklas Hagman added two assists to his stats after scoring two goals in Finland's first game a...

Hi Everyone
Last night in Vancouver an upset of monumental meaning happened. The Slovakian Olympic Hockey Team, defeated the favoured Russian team 2-1 in a shoot out. Many figured after the pounding The Canadian women's team gave the Slovak's that the great 8 and his squad of Russian All-Stars would have no problem taking care of them. Not to be, on this night Ovechkin did not get...

Turn back the clock eight years earlier when Belarus shocked Sweden in the Quarterfinals beating then 4-3. You would think Sweden would come out and send a message. Well yes and no.
The first period went exactly to plan for Sweden completely dominating play and really made the game look like a bunch of NHL'ers playing a men's league team. They outshot Belarus 17-7 and lead 2-0 which ...

It wasn't supposed to be this close, but Canada still ended up on top. Credit needs to be given to the Swiss, who shut the Canadians out 2-0 in Turin, they played an aggressive style and were able to keep up with the Canadians.
The San Jose Sharks Dany Heatley and Patrick Marleau were the only two who were able to beat Jonas Hiller, who played an outstanding game. The Swiss cut the lead i...

The Americans took care of business Thursday afternoon in Vancouver, beating Norway 6-1 to improve to 2-0 headed into a battle with Canada on Sunday.
Looking at the numbers not just the score, it's easy to think the US dominated the Norwegians. And on most levels they did. Out shooting them 39-11 in the game, and dwarfing them in scoring chances practically all game long.
Toronto Maple L...

Jaromir Jagr and the Czech Republic take down Slovakia with a 3-1 win in opening round play.
”I felt like a soldier in Iraq for the first 20 minutes. Things were coming at me so fast from every direction. It's different hockey. I've got to get used to it again,” said Czech winger Jaromir Jagr following his teams' 3-1 victory over fellow countrymen, Slovakia....

With all the “proverbial” powerhouses in Vancouver, it is easy to forget Finland, but lets not forget the Finns were the winners of the 2006 Olympic silver medal.
Once again they come into another Olympics as one of the other teams, not mentioned with Canada, Russia, Sweden, and the US. They seem to get no respect, which is fine with them, they play with a nasty edge and every me...

Russia showed why they are a favourite to win the gold this Olympics with a dominating victory over Latvia 7-2 Tuesday night.
The victory was led by Alexander Ovechkin, who scored two goals, and Ilya Kovalchuk, who scored a goal and assisted on one as well.
Both of Ovechkin's goals were scored in similar fashion with a one-time from the middle of the zone, where he has been notorious to...

The U.S. Men's Hockey Team made a strong statement in their opening game against Switzerland; we may be young but we're good. All three goal scorers for the American's tallied their first Olympic marker.
After a tight first period, Bobby Ryan of the Anaheim Ducks scored on his fellow Duck Jonas Hiller with just over a minute remaining in the period. Ryan's expression upo...

I am pleased to say I will be covering the Russia vs Slovakia game on Feb. 18th I am looking forward to hearing all your feedback!
I would also like to congratulate Mike Robertson(Men's Snowboard Cross) and Maelle Ricker(Women's Snowboard Cross) who won Silver and Gold in the Olympics

Sure, it’s only Norway, but for Canadian hockey fans, a country that places priority on little else when the puck drops, tonight’s opening 8-0 shutout by their Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, is a step in the right direction to erasing the embarrassment that was Turin.
Domination – pure and simple. Canadians may not be diagnosed with the fever quite yet – but the 2010...